Word: ebtehaj
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Last November Ebtehaj's enemies caught up with him. He was imprisoned on criminal charges that he had misused funds, signed a $35 million contract with Lilienthal's group before the government had formally authorized the agreement...
...After Ebtehaj was jailed, the government went ahead with the deal...
Delicate Issue. Ebtehaj behind bars proved to be almost as troublesome as Ebtehaj on the loose. Editorial writers in Europe and the U.S. demanded his release; the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee informally explored the issue...
...Iranian government grew so sensitive on the subject that it suspended foreign publications that even mentioned his name. Even Premier Ali Amini said he was convinced that Ebtehaj was "honest and upright," but the Ministry of Justice continued to hold their prisoner without a trial or a formal indictment...
Last month, after the entire top echelon of the Plan Organization resigned because Justice Ministry gumshoes had brought all work to a standstill by asking "thousands of stupid, irrelevant and vexatious questions," Amini promised to take immediate action on Ebtehaj's case. More important, the Shah himself became a frequent visitor to a Teheran bowling alley owned by Mrs. Ebtehaj, promised to help her husband get out of jail...